congressman jamie raskin says he's relieved the shutdown is over.(congressman jamie raskin, d/md) "some people were crying that they could go back to work..."but in order to avoid a shutdown, congress will need to find a deal on border security by the february fifteenth deadline.in washington, morgan wright. (vicki) also tonight at 5:30... kron4 is always tracking local stories. here's a look at what's going on in your neighborhood right now. (grant) in the east bay... police are looking for an armed man after two u-c berkeley students were robbed. it happened just after 9:30 on sunday night. police say the students were at the basketball court at bowles hall-- between the greek theater and the cal memorial stadium. they say the man stole a laptop, two cellphones, and money. he then drove away in a car that was parked nearby. nobody was injured. police do not have a detailed description of the suspect. ... (vicki) in the south bay... police are asking the public if they recognize this man. they just released this sketch today. officers say he is wan

congressman jamie raskin says he's relieved the shutdown is over.md) "some people were crying that they could go back to work..."but in order to avoid a shutdown, congress will need to find a deal on border security by the february fifteenth deadline.in washington, morgan wright. ( james ) happening today ... a group of lawmakers, from both parties, will begin efforts to avoid another government shutdown. house democrats continue to oppose the president's border wall...but hint at some sort of compromise... democrats say they are willing to spend money on technology to use at the border.. without an agreement...government funding runs out again for many agencies...on february 15th. the white house says if congress does not approve a border wall ... the president will consider other options. ( james ) coming up on the kron-4 morning news at 7... a new business venture for apple... as the company gets ready to day before showers push in late in the morning into the afternoon. skies will be partly cloudy to start with overcast skies along with our rain

opresentative jamie raskin of maryland is a membthe house democratic leadership team.also serves on the judiciary commite. he formally was a professor of chnstitutional law. thank you very mor joining us. you said earlier today that if this is true, it would be an impeachabloffense. how so? >> well, we know it's true because of coursthe republicans impeached bill clinton over telling one lie about one sexual affair. anthis is about organizing a whole pattern of lies in order to dceive the congress of the anited states about a matter of national securita matter that goes to the heart of american national sovereignty. so lying and obstruction of justice has figured cntrally in the impeachment that we've seen in modern times that is in thent nixon impeachnd of course in the articles of impeachment brought against clinton. so they are both articles that were brought against nixon and articles brought against cli obstruction of just tea and lying were central. so i think everybody viewshe president's involvement in lying to congress and saw borning perjury as certainly a st

later, a discussion about the border -- republican shutdown with maryland congressman jamie raskin. [video clip] >> the president repeated over and over, i am not going to sign a funding bill until it adds additional border security and for some reason, half of this hill ignored it and said he is just kidding. >> these people cannot go to their fathers to cover their payment, their cost. can you? can any of you if this happened to you? ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] host: federal workers only this morning on this january 11, the 21st day of the government shutdown. it is payday for hundreds of thousands of federal workers with no pay. how is

and jamie raskin also join us. he will talk with the latest on the government shutdown as it enters its 21st day. be sure to watch lost -- washington journal live this morning. join the discussion. sunday, on cue and day, author and columnist james grant. >> i make my living writing about markets. much too expensive or so the people out there. i think the trouble is not so much in wall street. wall street is what it is. it's mostly an infamous name. it's evident. what we ought to be more inclined about of the institutions in the federal government that are valiantly denied in their intentions. the federal reserve, the department of the treasury. the securities and exchange commission. asse institutions set up benefactors the public and increasingly they are not so. columnist james grant, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and day. federal workers affected by the 20 day government shutdown held a rally outside the white house. several members of congress attended this rally including house majority leader st

later, a discussion about the border -- republican shutdown with maryland congressman jamie raskin. [video clip] >> the president repeated over and over, i am not going to sign a funding bill until it adds additional border security and for some reason, half of this hill ignored it and said he is just kidding. >> these people cannot go to their fathers to cover their payment, their cost. can you? can any of you if this happened to you? ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] host: federal workers only this morning on this january 11, the 21st day of the government shutdown. it is payday for hundreds of thousands of federal workers with no pay. how is this shutdown impacting you? if you are a furloughed employee, dial in at 202-748-8000. if you have been deemed essential, dial in at 202-748-8001. join us on twitter as well at @cspanwj or facebook.com/cspan. before we get to your calls, more from the debate in washington. here is c

and jamie raskin will join us to talk about the latest on the government shutdown as it enters its 21st day. washington journal" at 7:00 this morning. join the discussion. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's companies.ision today, we bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> president trump visited mcallen, texas to discuss border security with immigration and border officials. also participating were senators ted cruz and john cornyn and the victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrant's.

jamie raskin / -d- maryland: obstruction of justice and perjury to congress are right there in the heart of impeachment territory.trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani attacking trump's former lawyer saying, "if you believe cohen i can get you a great deal on the brooklyn bridge." the white house echoing that denial,sarah sanders, white house press secretary: i think that the president's outside counsel addressed this best and said in a statement earlier today that that's categorically false. in washington, i'm kristen holmes. (grant) and the statement by robert mueller's office tonight doesn't cite any specific errors. spokesman peter carr says, "buzzfeed's description of specific statements to the special counsel's office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding michael cohen's congressional testimony are not accurate." (catherine) the second summit between president trump and north korea's kim jong un is a go. today, the white house announced another meeting is in the planning stages...and could happen near the end of february. this comes a

congressman jamie raskin says he's relieved the over.ongressman d/md) "some people were crying that they work..."but in order to avoid a shutdown, congress will deal on border security by the february fifteenth deadline.in washington, morgan wright. (ken) (ken) some freshman democratic lawmakers made their mark today with a proposal to help prevent government shutdowns. the legislation is called "seas" or shutdown to end all shutdowns. lawmakers say the goal of the bill is to take the option of a shutdown off the table. the lawmakers say the law would require an automatic 30-day continuing resolution if congress fails to pass a full year of appropriations bills. if after 30 days congress still fails to pass a spending bill, the law would begin to impose penalties on lawmakers and the executive branch. that would include withholding pay and restricting funds for travel. (pam) and we are learning... former georgia gubernatorial ndcaate stacey abrams will deliver the democratic response to the president's state of the union address. this ro

jamie raskin / -d- maryland: obstruction of justice and perjury to congress are right there in the heart of impeachment territory.trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani attacking trump's

. >> joining me now, democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland. is that my understanding, congressman, tomorrow you're going to pass legislation for eight departments other than the dhs and basically say let's do that and cordon off the dhs question? >> well, right. what is the argument for closing down the departments of state, of agriculture, of interior, of justice, of commerce, of hud and so on? everybody agrees that they've got nothing to do with this conflict. it all comes down to homeland security. let's pass a special bill dealing with homeland security, and we can take it up again in four weeks. we'll have time to debate it. but otherwise, this looks like just a completely petulant outbreak of obstructionism by thely just trying to ruin the inauguration of the new house and everything we wanted to do. >> they were sort of spinning it that way. although i'm not quite sure i buy that. i mean, what does it matter if terms of the inauguration? you guys are going to get the gavel one way or the other. >> well, right. the whole thing makes no s

and maryland democratic congressman jamie raskin will also join us. he'll talk about the latest on the government shutdown as it enters its 21st day. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern, friday morning, join the discussion. announcer 1: tonight on c-span, president trump travels to texas to meet with order officials and argue for a border wall. then, speaker nancy pelosi's weekly briefing. federal workers protest outside the white house against the government shutdown, now in its 20th day. president trump visited mcallen, texas to discuss order security with immigration and border officials. also participating in the discussion were senators ted cruz and john cornyn and the victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. occurred on the 20th day of the government shutdown. the result of a partisan disagreement over spending $5.7 billion on a border wall.

i am now pleased to introduce my good friend, the distinguished congressman jamie raskin. rep. raskin: our regional delegation is 100% unified against the trump shutdown of public services and lockout of federal workers throughout our region. i've called for a rally tonight in downtown silver spring at the silver spring civic building at 7:00 p.m. i will be joined there at least by congresswoman jennifer wexton, congressman don beyer, senator chris van hollen and others i hope will come and join us to manifest public outrage about the scandalous situation that donald trump and gop leaders have left our people in. i just want to give you -- i've been asking my constituents to send me statements about what is taking place in their work lives and personal lives because of the trump shutdown. i want to share things i have gotten over the last 24 hours with you. i'll be doing more of this tonight. but i heard from a gentleman in frederick who is a veteran, like 40% of federal workers. he's an air traffic controller, been doing it for 35 years. he and his wife have three kids and they

and maryland democratic congressman jamie raskin will also join us. we will talk about the latest on the government shut down as it enters its 21st day. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live on friday morning. join the discussion. >> pennsylvania's midterms included a number of special elections to fill the seats of members who left congress early. shifting district boundaries. new district names, and the addition of four women, all democrats, to a delegation that previously had been all-male. two of those women entered the house in november slightly ahead of the rest of their colleagues. representative mary kay scanlan's case included a special election represent the seventh district for the last month and a half of the 115th congress. and there was also a general election to represent the newly constituted fifth district in the 116th congress. representative scanlan was previously an attorney in private practice and had served on her local school board. and representative susan wilds race included special election to represent the 15th d

jamie raskin, democrat of maryland said we don't know if it's true of course but already people are sayingtter of the gravest urgency. david's sister - - this is the most serious threat to the trump presidency we've seen so far. should your members be more cautious. it almost seemed in this rest to judgment as if there's a lot of house democrats that want to impeach the president. >> chris, when you preface your statement with, if this is true. that to me, it gives you all the cover you need. and i would say that. if it is true. if they had said something as if it were true, then that would be one thing to be concerned about. but they've all said, if this is true. there are a lot of things i hear daily. if it were true i would be concerned. sometimes you preface with that and sometimes you don't say anything. i don't think my democratic friends in any way are rushing to judgment because they qualified it right up front. if this is true. >>chris: all right, this weekend of course is martin luther king weekend. you will be speaking tomorrow in the state capital in columbia in observance of d

theoke with jamie raskin, representative from maryland. he represents a lot of federal workers. he says he has constituents who are missing their mortgage payments this month. who are tapping into their kids college funds. to try to make all of their monthly payments. it really is becoming a big issue. i spoke with a federal worker at the international trade commission. is said what her office does review the intellectual property abroadnts of companies that are stealing u.s. companies intellectual property. they are not doing that right now. this is one of the presidents priorities that is not being fulfilled. because the government shutdown. david: we focused properly on the federal workers because they are having a tough time. it goes beyond that. the fda shutting down, we will not be able to get data out to farmers to plant. our people on capitol hill, members of the house and the senate, are they starting to hear from their constituents that their world is being disrupted by this? anna: to a certain extent, yes. they say their constituents are telling -- are recommending a

so let's talk about this now with congressman jamie raskin, maryland democrat who is member of the housemittee. so good to have you on. >> thanks for having me. >> what do you think about this? michael cohen saying he's worried of death threats to his family from rudy giuliani and the president. number one, do you think he should be worried? >> well, witness tampering is a crime, and obstruction of justice is a crime, and witness intimidation is a crime. so this is well known, of course, in mafia circles. we know that it's not invented out of thin air at the very least because the president has been tweeting out, insinuating statements about michael cohen's father-in-law and about michael cohen's wife. it's a sign of how far we've fallen because of the president's spectacular hatred for the rule of law that we would even think it's a normal thing for a president to be trying to interfere with a federal witness or someone who is coming to testify before congress. it's extraordinary. >> let me get it very clearly here because i asked in my open, is this witness intimidation? >> well, we do

jamie raskin, democrat of maryland said "we don't know if it's true, of course, but already people ofare saying this is the matter of the greatest urgency. " david selena, congressman from rhode island, if true, this is i think the most serious threat to the trump presidency that we've seen so far. should your members be more cautious, because it almost seemed in this rush to judgment as if there were a lot of house democrats that want to impeach the president. >> congressman clyburn: chris, when you preface her statement with if this is true, that, to me, gives you all the cover you need. and i would say that. if it is true -- if they had said something as if it were true then that would be one thing to be concerned about but they've all said if this is true. there are a lot of things that i hear daily. if it were true i would be concerned about appearing sometimes he would preface it with that and sometimes you just don't say anything. so i don't think that my democratic friends in any way rushing to judgment because the qualified rather upfront, if this is true. >> chris: all right

anna: i did speak with jamie raskin, a maryland democrat the said, he has constituents who told him theytgage payments this month, but he said tellingtituents are him, hold firm on this, we cannot give into an out-of-control president. even though people are starting to feel pain, i think there is a sense that this is not the way the government should be run and it should not be a way the president should get the wall funds he says he needs. scarlet: we are keeping a close eye on how congressmen and congresswoman end up in different committees. ortez may beasio c they want to pay attention to. caroline: potentially, she could bring to -- anna weigh in here. i do not think people realize how important it is that these committees that people are assigned to. that really determines their friend group within congress, and she did not get energy and i spoke with a senior progressive yesterday who said she thinks that four of her hisressive members -- of progressive members are going to be on the committee, among them, cortez. caroline: coming up, bank earnings come up next week. this is bloom

jamie raskin will join us at to talk about the latest on the government shutdown as it enters its 21st day. be sure to watch the washington journal live at 7 p.m. eastern join the discussion . >> you some of what were covering friday. on c-span, live coverage of the house begins at 9 am eastern time. there expected to debate and vote on the spending bill. on c- span two, the senate debates middle east policy. on cspan-3, a discussion about the meaning of american exceptionalism and u.s. foreign policy. i would live coverage of the event is at 10 am. 12:15 pm loves coverage of a new america about 1 ton bay and 40 military detainees held their. >> coming up this weekend on book tv, saturday at 6:45 pm eastern, california's democratic senator details her life and career through her book, truth we hold, and american journey . >> i believe the strongest politics or coalition politics. this is understanding that the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us. rejecting the idea that we live in silos and we don't share concerns and when we wake up in the middle of

third is jamie raskin, who is a second-term member of congress from maryland's eighth congressional district. he is among his many other offices in attainments is my congressman which means i will be listening with particular attention to his views on the need to be responsive to the views of his constituents. and if he wants a bellwether voter, just talk to me. finally, molly reynolds, also one of my colleagues in governance studies at brookings, also a senior fellow. she is a -- has become rapidly expert on congress. i believe she did the play by play for c-span, is that correct, during the most -- the opening of the 116th congress, almost as exciting as a football game. she is also living testimony to brookings as a force for upward mobility because she began her professional career as a senior research assistant and then associate here at brookings, working for tom man and eventually becoming tom man's welcomed replacement. finally, howard konar, and i would introduce him, except he's already been introduced and i will not do it twice, but he has i think introduced himself much more full

jamie raskin, democrat a maryland. we will go now to the house floor. live coverage here on c-span. representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. january 11, 2019. i hereby appoint the honorable lisa blunt rochester to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. at the end of the third week of the government shutdown, we ask your blessing once again upon the members of the people p's house and all those whose efforts are needed together to bring an end to it. pour out your spirit of wisdom and banish from all those involved the dark spirit of pride. bless o

jamie raskin of maryland in the chair. the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate , that ary 25, 2019 rsuant the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does jolve the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? mrs. lowey: i ask unanimous consent to take from its house speakers house joint resolution and concur in the senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution and report the senate amendment. the clerk: house joint resolution 28. the speaker pro tempore: the lerk will suspend. the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. the clerk: joint resolution mrs. lowey: i ask unanimous consent to suspend the reading. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will suspend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the reading is suspended. is there objection? without objection, the senate is suspended. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? mrs. lowey: i ask unanimous consent to take fr

i hereby appoint the honorable jamie raskin to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend alisa lasater wailoo, capitol hill united methodist church, here in washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. god of love and truth, thank you for each servant in the people's house, members and staff alike, and all they sacrifice to serve. on the eve of dr. king's holiday, fill us with the faith of your servant martin when he proclaimed, i believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. so, lord, disarm a us today. help us hand over our weapons of word and action that intend to wound our perceived opponents. help us hear the deep truth of all our constituents, especially the most vulnerable among us, and of your children in need around the world. remove the conditions we impose on what we believe is possible so that today your unconditional love will lead us not only to a just resolution of the shutdown and th